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in Springfield, The United States

April 02, 1977

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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[Note: Author name recently changed from Ing Venning to bookstar, but some books are still published under the old name]

I’m an outsider.

Have been my whole life. I’m pagan, Buddhist, pansexual, polyamorous, relationship anarchist, disabled, autistic, eco-socialist, vegetarian, HSP, INFJ, otherkin… in short, often not sure if I’m even human. I know what it feels like to be excluded and discriminated against and hated. I know that it feels powerful and hopeful… and, much of the time, awful.

I write for outsiders.

It might seem a contradiction. After all, we’re taught that outsiders are those who favor individuality over conformity – and that’s the way of it most of the time. But not always.

I know what it feels like to meet that one-in-a-thousand ...more

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Mar 18, 2018 10:19PM

Thomas wrote: "Thanks for your friend request, Ing! Hope you are well and looking forward to sharing thoughts on books with you in the future."

Me, too. Have a good one!

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message 5: by Thomas

Mar 18, 2018 11:32AM

Thanks for your friend request, Ing! Hope you are well and looking forward to sharing thoughts on books with you in the future.

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Feb 11, 2018 03:47PM

Darren wrote: "Glad to meet you, brother!"

Good to know you, too!

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Feb 11, 2018 03:47PM

Cindi wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Ing. :)"

You bet!

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Feb 08, 2018 08:16PM

Glad to meet you, brother!

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Dec 18, 2017 10:35AM

Thanks for the friend request, Ing. :)

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